Research Paper
Reflective Teaching through Videotaping in an English Teaching Course in Iran
Reflective Teaching through Videotaping in an English Teaching Course in Iran

Saeedeh Kavoshian; Saeed Ketabi; Mansoor Tavakoli

Volume 35, Issue 2 , July 2016, Pages 1-38

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2016.3746

Abstract
  The purpose of this study was to investigate videotaping as a strategy for EFL teachers’ reflective teaching. To this end, eight participants were selected from a language institute ...  Read More
Research Paper
Enhancing Iranian EFL Learners’ Descriptive Writing Skill through Genre-based Instruction and Metalinguistic Feedback
Enhancing Iranian EFL Learners’ Descriptive Writing Skill through Genre-based Instruction and Metalinguistic Feedback

Mohammad Khatib; Mostafa Mirzaii

Volume 35, Issue 2 , July 2016, Pages 39-68

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2016.3781

Abstract
  English language teaching (ELT) writing practitioners have long attempted to improve EFL/ESL learners’ competence in writing with recourse to either instruction or feedback. Likewise, ...  Read More
Research Paper
Lexis-Based Instruction and IELTS Candidates’ Development of L2 Speaking Ability: Use of Formulaicity in Monologic Versus Dialogic Task
Lexis-Based Instruction and IELTS Candidates’ Development of L2 Speaking Ability: Use of Formulaicity in Monologic Versus Dialogic Task

Azizullah Mirzaei; Mahmood Hashemian; Mahshid Azizi Farsani

Volume 35, Issue 2 , July 2016, Pages 69-98

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2016.3816

Abstract
  Although lexis research (e.g., Lewis, 1997; Taguchi, 2008) has already evidenced the possibility of teaching formulaic sequences (FS), further research is still needed to examine the ...  Read More
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The Impact of Training EFL Learners in Self-Regulation of Reading on their EFL Literal and Critical Reading Comprehension: Implementing a Model
The Impact of Training EFL Learners in Self-Regulation of Reading on their EFL Literal and Critical Reading Comprehension: Implementing a Model

Mahboobeh Morshedian; Fatemeh Hemmati; Elaheh Sotoudehnama; Hassan Soleimani

Volume 35, Issue 2 , July 2016, Pages 99-122

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2016.3788

Abstract
  Self-regulation is the ability to regulate one’s thoughts and actions to attain goals. Accordingly, self-regulated learning (SRL) involves plans and behaviors to achieve learning ...  Read More
Research Paper
On Anthropomorphism in Technology-Enhanced Language Learning: Does Modality Matter in Agent-Based Multimedia Instruction on L2 Idioms?
On Anthropomorphism in Technology-Enhanced Language Learning: Does Modality Matter in Agent-Based Multimedia Instruction on L2 Idioms?

Rahman Sahragard; Alireza Ahmadi; Hamed Babaie Shalmani

Volume 35, Issue 2 , July 2016, Pages 123-160

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2016.3782

Abstract
  The present study aimed to satisfy a twofold purpose: On the one hand, it sought to verify the postulation that agent-based instruction could offer a compromise approach to teaching ...  Read More
Research Paper
Diagnosing L2 Receptive Vocabulary Development Using Dynamic Assessment: A Microgenetic Study
Diagnosing L2 Receptive Vocabulary Development Using Dynamic Assessment: A Microgenetic Study

Abdullah sarani; Mehri Izadi

Volume 35, Issue 2 , July 2016, Pages 161-189

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2016.3831

Abstract
  The present study is an attempt to shed light on the effect of Dynamic Assessment (DA) on diagnosing and developing the receptive vocabulary abilities of upper-intermediate learners ...  Read More